Edinburg, TX 78539 is a city located in Hidalgo County, Texas. It has been known for its strong local politics and political involvement in the community. The city is served by two state representatives and one state senator who are all part of the Texas House of Representatives. In addition to these elected officials, Edinburg also has several school board members and municipal court judges who are all responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of citizens living in this area. As with most cities, Edinburg's politics can be quite divided on issues such as taxes, education funding, public safety and more. Local candidates running for office often rely on support from their constituents to help them get elected into office. Community involvement is key in influencing the outcome of elections here in Edinburg.
The political climate in Zip 78539 (Edinburg, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Hidalgo County, TX is moderately liberal. In Hidalgo County, TX 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hidalgo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 41.0%.
Hidalgo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78539 (Edinburg, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Edinburg, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Hidalgo County, Texas is moderately liberal.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Texas is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Edinburg, Texas: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 78539 (Edinburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 823 contributions totaling $220,042 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 424 contributions totaling $129,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)